Description
Pair of round badges with brass pin mounting, each depicting an Australian soldier and sailor smiling from a large porthole under the legend 'Coming Home'. The words 'SA SOLDIERS' HOME LEAGUE INC / MYRTLE BANK 1919' appear around the circumference.
Contextual Description
Fundraising badges sold in Adelaide every Friday, on ‘Badge Day’ from 1916 to 1919 by Mrs Annie Roberts of St Peters, grandmother of Barry John Roberts (see REL34054, 34055, 34056). The badges were sold in support of homes for repatriated soldiers, and specifically the War Veterans Home still extant on the Myrtle Bank site in Adelaide, which served as a Repatriation Hospital during the First World War from March 1917.
Details
Accession Number
REL34057
Physical Description
Material: Brass
Material: Celluloid
Material: Paper
Material: Tin
Measurement
Overall: x x 4 mm x 45 mm
Copyright
Copyright not applicable
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